St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

miners and manufacturers. SO a few
years past the senior Baker went up to
st. Paul, where the Pioneer Press had
long been the prosperous journal. There
finding a wealthy man who desired to
see another paper founded, Mr.. Baker
issued the GLOBE, probably taking
the name from the Boston Globe, which
had already made its mark upon the
journalism of the day. Like the Boston
Globe, this new paper has built and 0c-
cupied new block, and has assumed an
Importance in the Northwest recognized
in all newspaper circles. The junior
Baker is on the staff of this journal, has
lad foreign travel and has looked about
him considerably. He tells me that both
the cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis
are now under Democratic government,
while the state government of Minnesota
has remained in the hands of the Re
Nevertheless Mr.. Baker thinks that the
state is sound for the Republican
ticket in 1888. The Scandinavians
in general adhere to that party and
the new city of Minneapolis is very
largely settled by New Englanders and
backed by Boston and New England
capital. The rivalry between these
two cities has had something to do with
the apparent political change. There is
a large Irish population in ST. Paul, as
in Boston, and this has aided to tufi the
municipal scale. The farmers of Min
neSota have been educated partly by the
Republican newspapers at st. Paul to
believe that their interest lies in free
trade. Nevertheless, Mr.. Baker says
that Blaine is the favorite of the Re-
pablicanS of Minnesota, and he thinks it
most probable that he will receive the
nomination. The senator-elect from
Minnesota, Mr.. Davis, prominent
lawyer of st. Paul. is an ardent admirer
of Blaine. Mr.. Window, who was
IN GARFIELD'S CABINET
at the head of the treasury, has lost his
influence in Minnesota through his abb
senteeiSm, and his want of a popular
manner TO take hold of men and affairs
and show himself at public gatherings.
His advocacy Of the Republican ticket
i'll the late campaign was injurious
rather than helpful to his party side, and
in his own district. where he made a
special effort, a large Republican ma
jority was reversed. Personal factions
in the Republican party of that State
had good deal to do with upsetting the
large majority there. Mr.. Baker thinks
that Minnesota will be for Cleve-
land. at the next nominating con-
vention, though there is no par
ticular warmth of personal feeling ON
that subject. He says that Minneapo-
lis has passed st. Paul in population,
and that this is largely due to the New
England blood in the new city, which.
familiar with the town meeting system,
rallies to the support of the enterprise
of Minneapolis almost like one man. If
they have hotel which cost too much
money and cannot earn anything, the
Minneapolis merchants put their hands
in their pockets and pay the deficit.
Meantime st. Paul has received Access
sionS from Kentucky and some of the
old conservative districts of the country
where the habit has not been ac-
ouired of doing large and i'm
posing things regardless of past political
differences. The latter is the case in
Minneapolis, where the first question
asked is: "Can we get this improvement?
We must have it," The great rising in
tereStS of that part of. the country are
the railroads and the iron mines. The
ST. Paul & Manitoba railroad has be-
come powerful factor in the North
west, and is extending its branches in
every direction, aiming at nothing less
than building grand new railroad be-
tween the British boundary and the
Northern Pacific road, to connect the
settlements on Lake Superior with
Helena and Montana. Dakota threatens
to become
ANOTHER KANSAS IN RAPID SETTLING.
and the development of large towns, and
of highly fermented public spirit.
Mr.. Baker thinks that it ought to be adj
mitted to the Union without regard to
party issues, on the ground that it has
far more population than is required,
and that this population is of highly
energiZed sort, which can be made more
useful under state government than in
the Impotence and more OF less con-
scious restraint and disadvantage of
congressional territory. A portion OF
Dakota is as good as the best portion of
Minnesota.
Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, who
was for a long time a sort of stormy
petrol in politics, advocating the Gran
ger ticket and helping the Democrats,
has now become the Republican leader
in the state legislature.